The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Life Sciences
Rank 90 91 93
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 9 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.698% 0.267% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.419% 1.010% 0.246%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 1
Average salary £24,000 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.52% -15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -28.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
372 297 407
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 28.86% 26.45% 34.73%
Number of salaries quoted 345 251 395
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Life Science across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Wales Life Science Jobs Demand Trend

Life Science
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Life Science across the Wales region.

Wales Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
North Wales - 8 £24,000 - 1
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Life Science also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Life Science.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) Oracle
2 8 (88.89%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
2 8 (88.89%) Content Management
3 6 (66.67%) CMS
3 6 (66.67%) Apache
3 6 (66.67%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (11.11%) Advertising
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Life Science also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Life Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) CMS
1 6 (66.67%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
General
1 8 (88.89%) Pharmaceutical
1 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Graduate
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
1 8 (88.89%) Support Analyst
1 8 (88.89%) Graduate Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) IT Graduate
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) C#
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
St. Asaph, Clwyd
An exceptional IT Graduate with exposure of Java, Oracle or SQL and application Servers, preferably Apache, is required to join a global Life Sciences group that support the...
Experis IT
Salary: £18000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
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